Notre Dame doesn't want to go to Detroit --EDITED: Definitely not going to a bowl
"I agree [no bowl] is the likely outcome, but we are reconvening the leadership counsel to make a final decision," Swarbrick said, according to the report.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4713316
Notre Dame, which finished 6-6, would be slotted into a bowl only after all of the bowl-eligible teams with seven victories have set their destinations, according to the report. That would likely leave two choices: The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit on Dec. 26, or the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 6.A bowl game is looking unlikely for them, I wonder if they want the practices or not? EDIT -- apparently no bowl for Notre Dame. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-notredame-bowl&prov=…
December 4th, 2009 at 1:23 PM ^
I cannot imagine them turning a bowl down with the $ it will yield. They have to pay the big guy (not that big guy) off somehow.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:41 PM ^
Yeah but if the players didn't want to play in the game they would likely have no choice.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:47 PM ^
Any player who does not want to play in another game this season should not be on the team. This is no U of Buffalo situation, this is them thinking they are above an invite. ND isn't 10-2 they are 6-6 and are lucky to have the opportunity to even be considered.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:48 PM ^
in the BCS game against LSU. But they still got a big pay day for that.
Money talks, they owe Charlie big bucks, I can't imagine them passing up the dough.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:00 PM ^
I think the Motor City bowl only pays out about $750,000. When you think about travel, food, and hotels, my guess is the expenses would come close to that. So not going makes sense from a $$$ perspective.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:08 PM ^
I think you forget that now that Weis is not with the team they will be able to save a lot of money on food.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:41 PM ^
Fat jokes. A little old.
December 4th, 2009 at 6:32 PM ^
Much more than a little.
December 5th, 2009 at 1:20 AM ^
from South Bend to Detroit is not too expensive.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:35 PM ^
I think they're still paying off the big guy (that big guy) for the phantom touchdown in 2002.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:25 PM ^
and I don't blame the Irish at all.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:33 PM ^
Yeah, I was just in Detroit about 2 weeks ago. I got out alive and vowed never to go back. Place looks like God took a shit on a parking lot.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:39 PM ^
You should have heard some of the things Detroit had to say about you.
And your mother.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:52 PM ^
Just sayin'
December 4th, 2009 at 3:13 PM ^
You're an idiot.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:52 PM ^
Um, have you heard of Detroit's motto? If you were lucky enough to live or work here, or, you know, spend more than an hour here, you'd realize how amazing it is, and how its spirit, history and charm is unparalleled.
We're rebuilding, and if you don't want to be part of it, you can go back to the comfy suburbs...but leave Detroit alone.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:38 PM ^
I am in Detroit at present and it is quite lovely. Detoit on the other hand is a terrible place
December 4th, 2009 at 1:48 PM ^
I kid, I kid. I did not expect this Katrina like neg-storm to result.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:50 PM ^
People are tired of everyone taking a dump on Detroit and the entire state of Michigan. It's like bringing up old crap about RichRod and if his offense can work and BLAH BLAH BLAH.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:59 PM ^
For the record I work in Detroit and live just outside of it. I am a big fan of the city and was really just joking around.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:16 PM ^
How dare you compare your neg-storm to Katrina! I'm disgusted.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:56 PM ^
lol...
it's a cruel comment.. but I couldn't help but chuckle..
December 4th, 2009 at 1:38 PM ^
With Charlie's buyout and the prospect of paying a new coach untold of sums of money I think the Irish players really should have set their pride aside and took the cash that comes with any bowl game.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:29 PM ^
a negligible amount of money. Not sure if they can practice if they decline the bowl bid.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:43 PM ^
AFAIK, they cannot.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:51 PM ^
years ago Iowa was 6-6 and got to practice until the bowl bids came out, they didn't get a bid that year, so they had to stop practicing.
So, maybe ND could do something similar.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:30 PM ^
can you imagine being a senior on that team!? you were highly recruited by all of the bcs powerhouses out of high school. you made the awful mistake of signing on with an ex-super bowl winning offensive coordinator that had started to have some good seasons at nd and just signed a monster extension. now, after 4 major dissapointing seasons...you have one game left to play in your career...OR DON'T YOU!? because the "leadership council" is voting on whether or not it wants to play in a bowl game.
really!? a team that would rather go home for christmas break than play in another bowl game!?
good luck to whoever the new coach is dealing with that bunch. rich rod's got a rabid pack of dogs a few miles north.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:33 PM ^
Charlie would accept a bid for the buffet. "Any more of that dessert pizza?"
December 4th, 2009 at 1:35 PM ^
out too, the collective mass of DI head football coaches have been reduced by a half metric ton
December 4th, 2009 at 1:36 PM ^
that Charlie won't be there. The pizza sales alone will take a 25% hit.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:37 PM ^
pizza bowl + Charlie?
Come on man, you set us up.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:42 PM ^
why is this the players' decision? they should have absolutely no say in the bowl game. period. this is above their heads.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:46 PM ^
The players should have NO say in a decision about where they will have to go and where they will have to play?
I agree they shouldn't be the only voice in the decision, but their opinions should at least be considered.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:00 PM ^
right because.. signing a LOI means you're signing off your body, mind, and soul to the athletic department of the school you enroll in for 4 years
December 4th, 2009 at 2:03 PM ^
I think the only reason the players have a voice is because of the coaching change. Nobody who is in a position to say yes or no wants a team that doesn't want to be playing to be getting embarrassed in the Pizza Pizza bowl by the CMU's of the world in the midst of a coaching search. Recruits would love to see that.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:29 PM ^
What's your take on all of this?
December 4th, 2009 at 4:00 PM ^
below
December 4th, 2009 at 2:02 PM ^
If Michigan had beaten Illinois, and qualified for a bowl game, and was offered either Pizza Bowl or GMAC Bowl, and turned it down, I would be disgusted with this team and its holier than thou attitude. I would never look at them the same way. I would say, "Look at yourselves. You are a 6-6 team. Practice, go to the Bowl game and get better. You are what you are." I recall Notre Dame did this some years ago, maybe with Bob Davie. It does not meet my standards.
December 4th, 2009 at 4:55 PM ^
RR made a few comments about wanting to get to a bowl for the extra practice. If UM had gone 6-6, they wouldn't pretend they were "too good to play" in somebody's bowl, even if that particular bowl is a little "cheesy."
December 4th, 2009 at 2:03 PM ^
Cetnral v. ND. The prospect of the Chippewas opening up a can on the mighty Irish may factor in.
December 4th, 2009 at 7:28 PM ^
I would LOVE to see this happen.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:13 PM ^
The typical compelling reason for accepting a bowl bid is the extra practice. But in ND's situation, who would be the coach for those practices? what would be learned during those practices would be relevant for the next season? And the real possibility of a CMU kicking the crap out of ND is probably unappealing.
there may be some elitist mentality at play, but there are valid reasons for ND to skip the bowl this year.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:51 PM ^
The players probably don't realize how lucky they are to be playing D1 football. If they don't want to play, I'd gladly suit up and play for Notre Dame, and I don't even like that program!
December 4th, 2009 at 3:43 PM ^
sign me up if the ND team doesn't want to play. If ND doesn't go, I say we start a Mgoblog football team called the Mgoblog Motherfuckers. I'll go to detroit and play for ND for the Mgoblog name, hell might even be an upgrade to NDs defense. ( I keed, I keed.)-----------> but seriously.
December 4th, 2009 at 5:36 PM ^
I wanna play. I will probably impale someone on defense and kill them but I'm game!
December 4th, 2009 at 2:22 PM ^
I think everyone is missing the point here, which is that ND expects to hire a coach but thinks that the coach will stay at their old school until their bowl game is finished. The decision doesn't make a lot of sense unless you don't have a coach; ND has missed a bowl 3 out of the past 6 years I believe. Assuming they have their eye on Brian Kelly or Stoops, that's a reasonable assumption.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:30 PM ^
only once out of the past 6 years
December 4th, 2009 at 3:45 PM ^
'08 - bowl
'07 - no bowl
'04-06 - bowl
'03 - no bowl
I forgot about the '04 bowl, but I think it would be 2/6 misses then, right?
December 4th, 2009 at 3:59 PM ^
I misunderstood you, I was starting with this year, otherwise thats correct